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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:43 am

Invented Vegan Meringue

Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:37 pmPosts: 3617Location: Ireland

Wow! I think I may be your twin! All I attract are creeps too! One was such a creep and a stalker that I had to leave my job and go somewhere else and take antidepressants because my anxiety levels were so high. Why can't they get that no means no!!!

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:52 am

WRETCHED

Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:54 pmPosts: 9729Location: Maryland/DC area

Note to anyone who refinances to a lower interest mortgage... come tax time, you may get a surprise. I started entering our tax info and we owe a lot and I'm not sure we won't get penalized. I haven't put in charitable donations which usually helps us a lot but it will only get us so far.

_________________You are all a disgrace to vegans. Go f*ck yourselves, especially linanil.

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:28 pm

Vegan Vegan Vegan Vegan Vegan

Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:20 pmPosts: 4333Location: Edinburgh

I slept really badly last night, which is, I think, why I'm sneezing now. At least it didn't get in the way of being productive today. I managed to do a load of laundry, do the dishes, and make Vegan Dad's turkey lunch meat (which was MASSIVE), Q&E Low-Cal chorizo, and Q&E Low-Cal corn flour cupcakes (I'll make the raspberry buttercream when they're cooled). And I'll be making soup and the marinade for one of the tempeh recipes in AFR later tonight. I think that justifies spending the rest of the day on the couch.

_________________A pie eating contest is a battle with no losers. - amandabear

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:50 pm

Semen Strong

Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:10 pmPosts: 20492Location: Cliffbar NJ

My husband is going to a Superbowl party that I refused to go to because the women end up watching Disney videos separate from the men, and talking about how gross and fat they are. "OMG you're not fat! I'm fat". Fatshaming , America's other favorite passtime.

_________________My oven is bigger on the inside, and it produces lots of wibbly wobbly, cake wakey... stuff. - The PoopieB.

My husband is going to a Superbowl party that I refused to go to because the women end up watching Disney videos separate from the men, and talking about how gross and fat they are. "OMG you're not fat! I'm fat". Fatshaming , America's other favorite passtime.

My three coworkers do this all the time. Now, I get when a group of people who do want/need to loose weight gripe and commiserate; I've been there. But, these three women are all size 2. I know they are size 2 because they talk about it and one day, they all tried on each others jackets that were all size 2. One of them runs marathons. They are all close to my height, and, medically speaking, all have to be underweight. They don't have any weight issues that merit conversation--it's all just "I feel fat" "I need to lose xxx weight" or similar. I don't even think any of it is serious--it's just what they do or talk about.

I actually am trying to lose the 15-20lbs Ive gained since back surgeries and diminished mobility, so they really peas me off even more. I outweigh them each by a good 40 lbs. they must think I am as big as a freaking house.

I am now antisocial because I go eat lunch by myself in a dark, empty classroom.

_________________"This is the creepiest post ever if you don't know who Molly is." -Fee"a vegan death match sounds like something where we all end up hugging." -LisaPunk

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:28 pm

Invented Vegan Meringue

Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:37 pmPosts: 3617Location: Ireland

Yikes! That would bug me no end!

Saying that.... people consider me slim but I struggle with my weight. I look and feel better when I am trim. Also, when my weight is up by only barely overweight my cholesterol goes up, my back hurts more, my boobs get even bigger again which makes my back hurt even more and my asthma kicks off too so I try maintain a healthy BMI. That is made a major ordeal for me thanks to medication that likes to turn off my metabolism and turn up my sugar and carbs cravings to extreme levels.

I seriously need to get my butt in gear and get my oven replaced. I miss baking so bad. I definitely won't be able to afford it this month, but next month I am going to get a deposit down on one. Hopefully by June I will be back baking again.

I get that daisy--I'm not judging that they have nothing to talk about--I'm saying they don't. Not once has any of them given a reason for wanting or needing to lose weight other than the "omg I'm so gross" sort. They also don't diet or do anything to eat healthily. It's just all constant "I'm so fat. Oh, you're a size 2 too?! Yeah, we need to lose weight. Omg."

I should point out here that they are all very nice and none of their other conversation is this shallow at all. It's weird. And they also aren't self-absorbed, as a rule. They also only have these conversations at lunch.

_________________"This is the creepiest post ever if you don't know who Molly is." -Fee"a vegan death match sounds like something where we all end up hugging." -LisaPunk

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:06 pm

Semen Strong

Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:10 pmPosts: 20492Location: Cliffbar NJ

I think its just frustrating for me as well, because none of it is phrased in healthy terms. Its all just in "fat is gross" terms. One of them was 9 months pregnant and all she could go on about was how disgusting and fat she was (she is a Zumba instructor and worked out all pregnancy and is in amazing shape) and then gave herself 30 days to lose all her baby fat once the baby was born.

And I get it. Its a way of bonding over our common suffering. I can connect with them if I say "OMG! i have 30lbs to lose and I feel so gross!" And then they'd give me helpful hints like "Just stop eating any carbs!" or "Eat an apple before you eat any food!" etc and that would make us connect. But I don't want to bond over that stuff, I don't want to model it for my kid and I'd rather nurture my own acceptance of my body at any size.

Yes my cholesterol is ridiculously high, my knees wouldn't hurt as badly if I was thinner and I'd love to be able to buy clothes easily, but losing weight doesn't need to be my main topic of conversation, you know?

_________________My oven is bigger on the inside, and it produces lots of wibbly wobbly, cake wakey... stuff. - The PoopieB.

This is just the sweetest ever. Molly is sitting on my shoulder. She is preening, so wiggling around a lot and whapping me in the face with her tail. I looked over at her after a particularly annoying whap caught me in the eye and she looked up at me, then leaned in at a 45 degree angle to rub her cheek against mine, and she purred.

<3

Now she is back to whapping me in the face with her tail.

_________________"This is the creepiest post ever if you don't know who Molly is." -Fee"a vegan death match sounds like something where we all end up hugging." -LisaPunk

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:31 pm

Invented Vegan Meringue

Joined: Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:10 pmPosts: 3477Location: in the middle

daisychain wrote:

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I seriously need to get my butt in gear and get my oven replaced. ...

You could get a toaster oven (and the reason I'm suggesting you do this is that I want to live vicariously through you. You would have to come back and report what model you got and how big a pizza it fits. I promised myself I could only buy one when the upstairs room was tidied. That was about 5 years ago...)

_________________"I go to the people with dirty onions and scrawny broccoli." - allularpunk

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:41 pm

Sick of Cupcakes

Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:39 pmPosts: 6780

lavawitch wrote:

This is just the sweetest ever. Molly is sitting on my shoulder. She is preening, so wiggling around a lot and whapping me in the face with her tail. I looked over at her after a particularly annoying whap caught me in the eye and she looked up at me, then leaned in at a 45 degree angle to rub her cheek against mine, and she purred.

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:31 pm

Nailed to the V

Joined: Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:50 pmPosts: 546Location: Sun City

I was making the VCIYCJ Chocolate Chip Cookies and I had mixed, I thought, all of the ingredients together and I was like, "Wow, this is really crumbly and sandy... there's no way this is going to form balls of dough."

And then I realized I forgot to add in the almond milk at the beginning. Whoops. I added it at the end, but I'm like 70% sure these cookies aren't going to turn out well... Haha.

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:41 pm

Invented Vegan Meringue

Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:37 pmPosts: 3617Location: Ireland

dropscone wrote:

daisychain wrote:

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I seriously need to get my butt in gear and get my oven replaced. ...

You could get a toaster oven (and the reason I'm suggesting you do this is that I want to live vicariously through you. You would have to come back and report what model you got and how big a pizza it fits. I promised myself I could only buy one when the upstairs room was tidied. That was about 5 years ago...)

hahaha!!!! That is sooooooo me. I am rubbish at getting around to doing things. I would much rather buy a new phone than a house appliance but then homemade cookies always taste better than shop bought.

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:46 pm

Invented Vegan Meringue

Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:37 pmPosts: 3617Location: Ireland

lavawitch wrote:

I get that daisy--I'm not judging that they have nothing to talk about--I'm saying they don't. Not once has any of them given a reason for wanting or needing to lose weight other than the "omg I'm so gross" sort. They also don't diet or do anything to eat healthily. It's just all constant "I'm so fat. Oh, you're a size 2 too?! Yeah, we need to lose weight. Omg."

I should point out here that they are all very nice and none of their other conversation is this shallow at all. It's weird. And they also aren't self-absorbed, as a rule. They also only have these conversations at lunch.

Ah see, I just talk about my damn dog all day. Apparently some people don't like to hear about my dear princess all day but others do.

Oh.... you will totally appreciate this..... usually Lexi and Elmo (the cockatiel) HATE each other. They are always screeching/barking at each other. Last night I caught Elmo down the bottom of the cage at the nearest point to lexi and he was singing to Lexi who was sitting there mesmerised with her nose right up at the cage. He let out the occasional whine back at him as if to join in but stopped because she realised she can't sing.

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:49 pm

Kitchens Planning Manchester

Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:28 pmPosts: 2537Location: Connecticut

raspberrycomplaint wrote:

Sometimes I randomly shout, "Time for pancakes!" and then I make a bunch of pancakes and eat them all and everything is good.

Uhhh let's be bffs?!??!?!

I think I migh have been some sort of canine in a past life* because the sound of someone vacuuming stresses me out like nothing else. Weirdly, the dog we have now superduper loves the vacuum. He's a weirdo.